AOpen announced a new pair of 52X Combo Drives - the COM5224 and the COM5232. AOpen is one of only two optical drive manufacturers based in Taiwan that is able to produce 52X combo drives of this type.

"Our new COM5224 drive, which rewrites at 24X, will be shipping by late January, 2004, followed by our COM5232 drive, slated to ship in late February, 2004 with the capability to rewrite at 32X." said Sean Chang, director, Optical Drive product line, AOpen Inc.